This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1966.
Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Week ending Film Notes 1 Thunderball † 2 Thunderball grossed over $1.2 million in the key cities sampled 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music returned to number one in its 52nd week of release 10 11 12 13 14 Doctor ZhivagoDoctor Zhivago reached number one in its 15th week of release 15 16 17 The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music returned to number one in its 60th week of release 18 Doctor ZhivagoDoctor Zhivago returned to number one in its 19th week of release 19 The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music returned to number one in its 62nd week of release 20 Doctor ZhivagoDoctor Zhivago returned to number one in its 21st week of release 21 The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music returned to number one in its 64th week of release 22 23 Doctor ZhivagoDoctor Zhivago returned to number one in its 24th week of release 24 The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music returned to number one in its 67th week of release 25 26 The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming 27 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 How to Steal a Million 36 37 The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music returned to number one in its 80th week of release 38 Doctor ZhivagoDoctor Zhivago returned to number one in its 39th week of release 39 40 41 42 43 44 HawaiiHawaii reached number one in its third week of release 45 46 The Professionals 47 The Professionals and HawaiiVariety did not indicate which of the top two films was number one for the week 48 The Professionals 49 50 51 Hawaii and The ProfessionalsAgain, Variety did not indicate which of the top two films was number one for the week 52 Follow Me, Boys!
Highest-grossing films The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows: Rank Title Distributor Rental 1 Thunderball United Artists $26,000,000 2 The Sound of Music20th Century Fox $22,500,000 3Doctor Zhivago Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $15,000,000 4 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Warner Bros. $10,300,000 5 That Darn Cat!Buena Vista $9,200,000 6The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming United Artists $7,750,000 7 Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.Buena Vista $7,500,000 8The Silencers Columbia Pictures $7,000,000Torn Curtain Universal Pictures $7,000,000 10 Our Man Flint20th Century Fox $6,500,000
See also List of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films
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